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Generally, there is much to praise about the rise in acknowledging the need for young citizens to exercise their rights and duties, but the belief remains that this is not yet entrenched in young citizens' overall democratic involvement. A lack of citizenship and engagement in community issues was revealed by a recent…

This study examines administration-faculty relationships at Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in Ghana, highlighting challenges in communication, cultural sensitivity, decision-making, and professional development. Using a mixed-methods approach, findings reveal that 75.6 % of faculty feel their concerns are unadd…

Rapid socio-cultural, economic, and environmental changes are challenging wild food access and thus food security for Inuit in the Canadian Arctic. In response to the continued value and practice of harvesting wild foods, communities are establishing "wild food support" initiatives. This study evaluated how one such in…

Drawing on the labour process theory and the job-demands resources model, this study challenges the assumption of beneficial effects of high-performance HR practices (HPHRP). The study argues that such practices lead to heightened work demands, which in turn compromise employees' well-being. The study also argues that…

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) appear as vital regulators and biomarkers in many human cancers. LOC100507144 is a validated lncRNA located in the neighborhood of CD44 in a head-to-head configuration, and its expression and function in cancer cells are still unknown. This research aimed to find out more about the express…

BACKGROUND:  Community adherence groups (CAGs) are an acceptable and effective strategy to provide social support for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), as well as for receiving their antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, in Namibia, it is estimate…

PURPOSE: The Guelph Family Health Study (GFHS) pilot was designed to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of a home-based obesity prevention intervention on health behaviours and obesity risk. The objective of this analysis was to determine the effect of the 6-month intervention on preschool-aged children's dietar…

Fathers are under-represented in pediatric palliative care research despite frequently playing a key role in the lives of their children. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that affected paternal study invitation and participation. A secondary mixed-methods evaluation design guided examination of intervi…

BACKGROUND: Previous studies indicated that physical education programs in schools were unsuccessful to ameliorate physical activity (PA) behaviors among adolescents. This study investigated PE teachers' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to PA and further digital exercise interventions among inactive British ado…

Although the life course prospective study design has many benefits, and information from such studies is in increasing demand for scientific and policy purposes, it has potential inherent design problems associated with its longevity. These are in particular the fixed sample structure and the data collected in early l…

Transferring current research findings on the topic of learning and memory to "brain-based" learning in schools is of great interest among teachers. However, numerous international studies demonstrate that both pre-service and in-service teachers do not always succeed. Instead, they transfer numerous misconceptions abo…

OBJECTIVE: To study the combination effects of vitamin A (Vit. A) and zinc on human's PBMC DNA damage in vitro. Methods The PBMC from healthy volunteer was purification and cultured in the basic culture medium with Vit.A of 10(-4), 10(-5) and 10(-6) mol/L, or/and with Zn of 10(-6), 10(-5) 10(-4) and 10(-3) mol/L. The b…

This letter evaluates the recent study on the management of cystic vestibular schwannomas (VS) compared to solid VS, focusing on the clinical outcomes of surgery (SURGERY) and radiosurgery (SRS). The study offers significant insights into the differences between these tumor types, emphasizing the challenges posed by cy…

PURPOSE: This study aims to study the comparison of vocal fatigue and vocal tract discomfort between teachers of normal pupils and teachers of mentally disabled pupils. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study METHODS: Participants were 179 teachers (50 male, 129 female) and 30 non-teachers (14 male, 16 female) who partici…

This paper attempts to identify characteristics of a longitudinal clinical study's "dropout" population (1974-1996) of patients using overdentures. This study included 395 subjects. Dropouts were identified as persons who did not respond to letters or telephone calls after participating in the study for up to 2 years,…

To better practice the Deepening Standardization Reform Plan, announced by the State Council, to promote the leadership of standard in healthy development of preventive medicine and public health, the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA) established the Standardization Committee of Chinese Preventive Medicine…

BACKGROUND: Due to problems of publication bias and selective reporting, the ICMJE requires prospective registration of all clinical trials with an appropriate registry before the first participant is enrolled. Previous research has shown that not all clinical trials are registered at this time (prospectively). This st…

PURPOSE: To provide a synthesis of the published evidence pertaining to the intergenerational health effects of parental preconceptional exposure to ionizing radiation in humans. METHODS: The study populations are the descendants of those who were exposed to ionizing radiation prior to conception. A Boolean search ide…

OBJECTIVES: Current variations in asthma prevalence and clinical characteristics suggest that lifestyle choices including dietary habits, may affect the pathogenesis and/or clinical expression of the disease. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between adherence to Mediterranean diet (MD) and asthm…

BACKGROUND: Diabetes prevalence has increased over the past few decades, and the shift of the burden of diabetes from the older population to the younger population has increased the exposure of longer durations in a morbid state. The study aimed at ascertaining the likelihood of progression to diabetes and to estimate…